Murray Springs : A Clovis Site With Multiple Activity Areas in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona

Haynes, C. Vance, Jr. (EDT); Hucknell, Bruce B. (EDT); Agenbroad, Larry D. (CON); Frison, George C. (CON); Hemmings, E. Thomas (CON); Mead, Jim I. (CON); Shackley, M. Steven (CON); Todd, Lawrence C. (CON); Wilson, Michael C. (CON); Woodward, Susan L. (CON)

ISBN 10: 081652579X / ISBN 13: 9780816525799

Published by University of Arizona Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Murray Springs : A Clovis Site With Multiple Activity Areas in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081652579X
• ISBN 13: 9780816525799
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The Murray Springs Site in the upper San Pedro River Valley of southeast Arizona is one of the most significant Clovis sites ever found. It contained a multiple bison kill, a mammoth kill, and possibly a horse kill in a deeply stratified sedimentary context. Scattered across the buried occupation surface with the bones of late Pleistocene animals were several thousand stone tools and waste flakes from their manufacture and repair. Because of the unique occurrence of an algal black mat that buried the Clovis-age surface immediately after abandonment, the distributional integrity of the artifacts and debitage clusters is exceptional for Paleoindian sites. Excavation of the Clovis hunters’ camp 50 to 150 meters south of the kills revealed artifactual evidence typical of hunting camp activity, including hide working and weapons repair. Impact flakes conjoining with Clovis points clearly tied the camp to the bison kill. The unique nature of the site and this comprehensive study of the excavated material constitute one of the most important contributions to our knowledge of Paleoindian hunters in the New World.

About the Author

Bruce B. Huckell is senior research coordinator with the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. He has extensive field work experience in the Southwest and has published articles in numerous publications, including American Antiquity and The Journal of World Prehistory.